Titus 1:1-5 English Standard Version (ESV)

Greeting

1 Paul, a servant[a] of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began[b] 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word[c] through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior;

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Qualifications for Elders

5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

Footnotes:

Titus 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface

Titus 1:2 Greek before times eternal

Titus 1:3 Or manifested his word

English Standard Version (ESV)

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